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A Record Journey on Escalators

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documentary photograph of an escalator at Westfield Shopping Centre W12 in London, 10 June 2009; contextual example of a shopping-centre escalator, not the Burwood escalators or Joachim’s attempt. Original page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Escalator_at_Westfield_Shopping_Centre_W12_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1351862.jpg. Creator R Sones. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/). Attribution: R Sones, “Escalator at Westfield Shopping Centre W12,” CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph/Wikimedia Commons. Original JPEG, unchanged.

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AI-generated cover of a fictional commuter using an escalator in a generic shopping centre; not Suresh Joachim or his record attempt. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial cover of a fictional adult commuter standing safely on an escalator in a modern Australian shopping centre, viewed from below with the escalator rising through a bright atrium, everyday calm scene, no brand signs. Generic illustration, not Suresh Joachim or his record attempt. No text, logos, readable signs or numbers.” Generated 20 October 2026.

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In May 1998, Suresh Joachim Arulanantham travelled 225.44 km by riding up and down escalators at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Burwood, Australia. Guinness World Records lists this as the longest escalator ride. The Watt source list gives 225.308 km, while Guinness’s record entry gives 225.44 km.